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Topic 1: Simple Flipping & Pitching - While there are numerous scenarios where flipping and pitching work, and a wide variety of gear dedicated to these techniques, short-line presentations are nevertheless sometimes overanalyzed. No matter where or when you're using them, it's all about short lines, close distances and wrestling bass out of heavy cover. Gerald Swindle will teach you to filter out the data that doesn't matter and help you get back to the critical basics.

Topic 2: Understanding & Breaking Down Grass - Bass love to live in submerged aquatic vegetation, but there are various types, and depending on when and where you are fishing they need to be treated as totally different habitats. Even if you know that the bass are living in a variety, often it all looks great while only a small portion holds fish. Gerald Swindle offers a road map to breaking down the greenery and making the most of your time on the water.

Gerald Swindle's Gear

Rods

  • Built using high-end Toray graphite, the Quantum Smoke S3 Casting Rods provide tournament-grade performance that is second-to-none in terms of quality, sensitivity, and backbone. 

  • Delivering high-end performance with a focus on quality and advanced materials, the Quantum Smoke S3 Spinning Rods deliver everything that anglers need to compete at the highest levels of bass fishing.

Reels

  • Built extra tough with the power to back it up, the Quantum Smoke HD 200 Casting Reels have what it takes to smoke big bass and hard fighting inshore species.

  • Designed with an emphasis on outright performance, the Quantum Smoke S3 Casting Reels are jam-packed with cutting-edge features and high-end technologies, like an oversized spool and ACS 4.0 cast control for increased casting distance. 

  • Built to handle the toughest saltwater conditions, the Quantum Smoke S3 Inshore Spinning Reels up-the-ante on outright performance and durability with a host of Quantum's advanced technologies. 

  • Utilizing an array of Quantum's signature technologies, the Quantum Smoke S3 Spinning Reels deliver smooth performance and finely-tuned design that you can feel from the first turn of the handle. 

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